The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, July 1926 - April, 1927 Page: 280
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Mil. Dist. assigned him. He proceeds to Ft. Jackson. His
treaty with the Creek Indians. He proceeds with his regular
troops to Mobile. Established his head Quarters there.
Genl Jacksons success against the Hostile Creeks turned the
eyes of the nation upon him. Hitherto known as a man of
ardent mind and warm passions-although from the commence-
ment of the War with Britain he had been anxious to enter the
Regular army yet the jealousy and fears of those in power pre-
ferring phlegmatic plodding men.
General Jacksons complete success against the Creak Confed-
eracy turned the eyes of the Nation upon him. The American
Governement at the commencement of the war with great Britain
selected phlegmatic plodding men to head her armies. Jackson
hithereto known as a man of ardent mind and warm passions
was neglected by the jealousy and fears of those in power. As
Major General of Tenessee he evinced those grand qualifications
which should always characterise the commander and his success
gave him claim to military distinction which could not be resisted
even by the mistaken policy of the government. General Arm-
strong now at the head of the War Department satisfied of his
ability for command gave him the best appointment in the gift
of the Nation and assigned him the 7th Military District as his
theatre of action This District composed of the States of Ten-
essee and Louisiana and the Mississippi Territory comprehended
a great portion of the country occupied by the Creeks. A treaty
was to be completed with those tribes and who was so well calcu-
lated for a commissoner on the part of his country as him who
had conquered that refractory people. He was designated sole
commissoner on the part of the United States.
About the 1st of June 1814 Jackson published his appointment
as Major General in orders and assumed the Direction of the 7th
Mil. Dist.
No man could have come into communand under more favorable
auspices. Independent of his reputation the conduct of Brigadier
General Flournoy who had been in command since the Departure
of Major General Wilkinson for the north the preceding summer
had been very offensive to the Army. A want of that unaffected280
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